Ranking the top-5 rushers in Alabama football history can border on being an impossible task. It’s tough enough putting them in the proper order and its’s even harder to leave some good backs off completely.

But, we’ll give it a go. Here’s our top-5 Crimson Tide running backs:

5. Johnny Musso (1969-71)

Alabama’s de facto “best running back” from the Bear Bryant era, Johnny Musso was Heisman finalist in 1971, and led the SEC in rushing in 1970 and 1971. He was SEC Player of the Year in ’71, a season that lives in Alabama lore as the year Bryant resurrected his program with the wishbone offense. He ranks No. 8 all-time in rushing yards in school history, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Career stats: 2,741 yards rushing, 34 TD; 495 yards receiving, 4 TD

4. Bobby Humphrey (1985-88)

Bobby Humphrey basically beat Penn State in State College all by himself during his junior year in 1987, rushing for 220 yards in front of a national TV audience. He also went over 200 the year before against Tennessee (217), which was huge because it helped snapped a four-game losing streak to the Vols. (He went for 284 vs. Ole Miss in ’86, his career high.) Humphrey never sniffed a Heisman during his Bama career mostly because a foot injury robbed him of his senior season. He still ranks No. 2 all time in rushing yards at Alabama, and his 1986 season is the fourth-best in school history.

Career stats: 3,420 yards rushing, 33 TD; 523 yards receiving, 7 TD

3. Derrick Henry (2013-15)

No one would argue with Henry’s stats in 2015, the best single-season in the history of the program, and it’s still not over yet. As impressive is Henry’s “work rate” (to steal a term from pro wrestling) — the man absorbs contact, runs with power and seems to improve over the course of a football game. His demolition of Auburn, on the road with the highest stakes imaginable, was a work of art. And it ended with the Heisman Trophy, only the 2nd in Alabama history.

Career stats: 3,358 yards rushing, 37 TD; 291 yards receiving, 3 TD

2. Mark Ingram (2008-10)

The original is still the best. Mark Ingram gets credit for being one of the two most notable freshmen that were part of the Alabama Renaissance in 2008 (Julio Jones was the other) and eventually became Alabama’s first Heisman winner in 2009. What set Ingram apart as a runner was his style — he made the sharpest of cuts, and was so low to the ground that he often seemed impossible to wrap up. Also remember that he split touches throughout his Bama career, first with Glen Coffee and then with Trent Richardson.

Career stats: 3,261 yards rushing, 42 TD; 670 yards receiving, 4 TD

1. Shaun Alexander (1996-99)

Shaun Alexander was pretty much the only bright spot in a troubled Alabama program in the late 1990s, Like Henry, Alexander’s signature game was at Auburn, when he and Chris Samuels combined to crush the Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium (the program’s first win ever at Auburn). And the 291 yards he gained at LSU in 1996 are still an Alabama single-game record. In retrospect it’s too bad he spent most of his time stuck in Mike Dubose’s nightmarishly dysfunctional football program. Who knows what he could have accomplished with actual coaches.

Career stats: 3,565 yards rushing, 41 TD; 789 yards receiving, 8 TD